PERSEFONE / ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE
ISLINGTON ACADEMY, LONDON
Melbourne’s progressive metal maestros forge on without their figurehead
with a mélange of jazzy licks and ambient background sounds are who look like surf bums but play like they just stepped out of Berklee. have been prog metal scene-sizzlers ever since their decade-old album, delivered a turning point in progressive death metal. Launching with fan favourite with its swarming synth, these Andorrans amalgamate melody with brilliant technical complexity.and Meanwhile, omitted from their last London show because it was “too difficult” to play, with its mindbending fretwork, that catapults Persefone to another level.